Operational Risk Management

A Case Study Approach to Effective Planning and Response

Inbunden, Engelska, 2008

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Operational Risk Management offers peace of mind to business and government leaders who want their organizations to be ready for any contingency, no matter how extreme. This invaluable book is a preparatory resource for when times are good, and an emergency reference when times are bad. Operational Risk Management is destined to become every risk manager?s ultimate weapon to help his or her organization survive ? no matter what.

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Utgivningsdatum2008-04-04
Mått160 x 240 x 29 mm
Vikt515 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor288
FörlagJohn Wiley & Sons Inc
ISBN9780470256985

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Mark D. Abkowitz is former chair-man of Visual Risk Technologies, a risk management consulting firm. He is also a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Vanderbilt University. Dr. Abkowitz has served as chair of several national and international technical and advisory committees and currently holds a White House appointment as a member of the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board. He is the recipient of the 1996 Distinguished Services Award from the National Academy of Sciences for his leadership role with the Transportation Research Board. He has written numerous articles and spoken at a variety of conferences on the subject of operational risk management, in addition to appearing on NPR, Fox News, and CNBC.

Preface ixChapter 1 Why Do Disasters Happen? 1Part One Man-Made Accidents 9Chapter 2 Hyatt Regency Walkway Collapse 11Chapter 3 Nightmare in Bhopal 23Chapter 4 Meltdown at Chernobyl 36Chapter 5 Exxon Valdez 48Chapter 6 Challenger and Columbia: Déjà Vu 64Part Two Terrorist Acts 83Chapter 7 Oklahoma City Bombing 85Chapter 8 Aum Shinrikyo: Terror in Japan 97Chapter 9 Attack on the USS Cole 113Chapter 10 September 11: The World Trade Center 126Chapter 11 London Transit Bombings 148Part Three Natural Disasters 165Chapter 12 Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald 167Chapter 13 Eruption of Mount St. Helens 179Chapter 14 South Canyon Fire 191Chapter 15 Sumatra-Andaman Tsunami 203Chapter 16 Hurricane Katrina 213Part Four Success Stories 235Chapter 17 United Airlines Flight 232 237Chapter 18 Alaska Pipeline and Denali Quake 247Chapter 19 Lessons Learned 258Epilogue Where Do We Go From Here? 269Index 273